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RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

I am planning to glue it up and try it again. I had it dialed in yesterday and the verticle lines were breathtaking and nearly silent.

it flew so great that I just have to try to hold it together and get more flights out of it. Its an air hot rod.

Breaking a firewall.... that is putting it through its paces! Were you doing snap maneuvers? Those cause more stresses than thrust on and off. This makes me wonder if anyone has ever built and flown a Tiger gasser.......

RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

ORIGINAL: SteveMuzzleflash

ORIGINAL: hairy46

They dont seem to be overly fast just very stable and fun to fly.

That's what IΒ*was thinking overall.Β* If IΒ*want super speed IΒ*may need to pony up and get a mustang.Β* The Tiger flies fantastic.Β* Very stable.Β* Easy to get comfortable with, relax, and enjoy the flight.

RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

Gorilla glue works great for me also. The more moist the two pieces are the more that glue will swell and foam up. Iuse that to my advantage and wet piecesas needed but some people don't like Gorilla Glue just because of the seepage.

I almost lost my Tiger today to a dead stick in very windy conditions. I didn't bleed off speed Ijust brought it in real hot and she landed nicely for me and Ijust let her run downfield. My thunder tiger pro 61 just runs awful. Its never consistent and I'm ready to take it apart or replace it with another engine Ihave. I enjoy flying my Tiger but Ispend too much time and fuel just tinkering with it on the bench. Not fun.

RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

ORIGINAL: SteveMuzzleflash

Gorilla glue works great for me also.Β* The more moist the two pieces are the more that glue will swell and foam up.Β* IΒ*use that to my advantage and wet piecesΒ*as needed but some people don't like Gorilla Glue just because of the seepage.

I almost lost my Tiger today to a dead stick in very windy conditions.Β* I didn't bleed off speed IΒ*just brought it in real hot and she landed nicely for me and IΒ*just let her run downΒ*field.Β* My thunder tiger pro 61 just runs awful.Β* Its never consistent and I'm ready to take it apart or replace it with another engine IΒ*have.Β* I enjoy flying my Tiger but IΒ*spend too much time and fuel just tinkering with it on the bench.Β* Not fun.

might be loose head or backplate bolts also check to see if carb is loose or the screws are leaking
sometime the chineeze kwality kontrul iz not the bust

and the price of an OS.75AX is twice that of a tower .75
no complaints on the tower .75 that I own.

RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

The carb came loose but that wasn't the problem today.
Fuel is everywhere - it spits out the carb. I've tried so many things with it.

I have a black head OS Max-H.60 from 1974 that was given to me by my uncle. I put it on an airboat and its been in a box for 25 years. It needs a throttle lever and a muffler. Once I secure those parts I'm taking the Thunder Tiger off, no question. The OSshould pack muchmore power and I'd ratheruse that engine for personal reasons anyway.

RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

ORIGINAL: SteveMuzzleflash

Gorilla glue works great for me also.Β* The more moist the two pieces are the more that glue will swell and foam up.Β* IΒ*use that to my advantage and wet piecesΒ*as needed but some people don't like Gorilla Glue just because of the seepage.

I almost lost my Tiger today to a dead stick in very windy conditions.Β* I didn't bleed off speed IΒ*just brought it in real hot and she landed nicely for me and IΒ*just let her run downΒ*field.Β* My thunder tiger pro 61 just runs awful.Β* Its never consistent and I'm ready to take it apart or replace it with another engine IΒ*have.Β* I enjoy flying my Tiger but IΒ*spend too much time and fuel just tinkering with it on the bench.Β* Not fun.

I recommend a Saito 4 stroke. -most consistent running engines i have seen in the sport. a Saito 125 would bring you much joy.

RE: Goldberg Tiger Club

I think everyone has to make a choice on how much investment they are willing to fly with. An expensive Saito running well would be okay with me as they are very fine engines. I have a friend who flies jets and I could never be comfortable with three thousand dollars of engine up there. He has a lost a few and I could never live with that personally, but he is in a position where he can. A big Tiger with a geared turbine would be pretty sweet though, so someone should do it!